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Pickle effect
Does eating pickles affect the potency of drugs? If yes, then how much time gap should be between the two?
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Small amounts wont affect it unless you are taking medicines for gastritis.
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If you eat a bowl full of pickle then it is significant.
Taking a little bit of pickle to make the food more tasty, you don't have to observe any precautions.
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It can affect the range of absorption.
It depends on the type of drug & the duration between intake of drug and pickle.
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keep time gap of atleast 1 hour
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avoid acidic foods if it irritate your stomach or cause acidity.
Stay healthy and best wishes.
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Dear patient pickle has got no effect on drug absorption
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Not likely
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Dr. Rashmi Wadhwa
Cosmetologist
35 yrs exp
Delhi
Not
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Dr. Manoj Kumar
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Dehradun
Need few more details
Kindly consult
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Dr. Parveen
Consultant Physician
10 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Try to avoid outside unpacked pickle
Try to take home made pure oiled one
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Vijay Yerroju
General Practitioner
15 yrs exp
Hyderabad
1 hr atleast. Also, it depends on the medicine that you want to take.
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Dr. Mohammed Rehan Khan
General Physician
11 yrs exp
Bangalore
Doesn't affect potency of drugs,, but absorption is affected and can cause gastritis
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